Chapter 27: Spirit Medicine Peak

It would take two or three days for the marine monsters to clear all the peaks of the Fire Moon Sect. Killing those lower-ranked disciples was quick, but seizing the sect’s resources took more time.
These two or three days were the perfect time for Qu Yi to launch surprise attacks. In the ocean, those monsters could rely on the marine environment to slow down Qu Yi, but on land, his speed was too great. Moreover, those marine monsters, having to take human form on land, had their abilities severely restricted, giving Qu Yi even more opportunities to strike suddenly.
Within two days, Qu Yi had already attacked thirty late-stage Golden Core monsters and killed nearly eighty mid-stage Golden Core monsters as well. It could be said that more than half of the over two hundred marine monsters sent by the Thunder Ice Crocodile had been dealt with by Qu Yi.
By now, Qu Yi had arrived at the Spirit Medicine Peak of the Fire Moon Sect.
The Fire Moon Sect had searched throughout the Lan Yue Mountain Range and transplanted various precious medicinal herbs to this peak, making it an extremely important one for them.
Therefore, there was also a highly important formation on the entire Spirit Medicine Peak to protect its safety.
It was the “Nine Yang Spirit Gathering Locking Formation,” which not only gathered the surrounding spiritual energy but also isolated the entire peak from the outside world. The gathered spiritual energy could be used to nurture the medicinal herbs and sustain the operation of the formation.
At that moment, ten marine monsters were on a mountain near the Spirit Medicine Peak, gazing at the peak shrouded in spiritual mist and smelling the strong aroma of herbs emanating from it. They all strongly desired to rush inside, taste the herbs, and use the opportunity to advance their cultivation.
However, the Nine Yang Spirit Gathering Locking Formation posed a serious challenge to these ten marine monsters.
These savage and fierce monsters, used to rampaging in the sea, had no time to study formations; some likely hadn’t even seen the most basic ones.
Among the ten marine monsters, five were in the late stage of Golden Core, and five were in the mid stage.
Cun Jie Ball carried Qu Yi to the mountain where the monsters gathered before landing on the ground. Suddenly, Qu Yi, Bai Man, Qing Wu Gui, and Wu Yuan jumped out and charged straight at the ten monsters.
Qu Yi went after a late-stage Golden Core monster, which was actually a White-Scaled Dragon Carp. In its human form, it was somewhat plump and fair-skinned. Upon seeing Qu Yi, it instinctively reverted to its true form and used its tail to dodge Qu Yi’s deadly attack.
“Interesting,” Qu Yi smiled. He grasped his Red Nan Sword again and charged forward.

The White-Scaled Dragon Carp never expected Qu Yi to be so fast. As soon as one sword strike stopped, another arrived. Though its fish tail was highly elastic, it couldn’t keep up with Qu Yi’s speed when he used his speed secret technique. At this moment, Qu Yi’s speed was comparable to that of a person in the early Yuan Ying stage. By the time the White-Scaled Dragon Carp had leaped into the air, trying to use its internal energy for defense, Qu Yi had already pierced his Red Nan Sword into its body, allowing his internal energy to flow into it and killing it instantly.

Qing Wu Gui also handled things easily. As soon as he appeared, he swung his black sword. Although it seemed like a casual thrust, the black internal energy emanating from the blade instantly penetrated the monster’s body. That monster was actually a grouper, which, despite its strong physical defense, couldn’t withstand the black internal energy. Once it entered the grouper’s body, it tore it into countless pieces, killing it instantly.

After emerging from the Cun Realm Ball, Wu Yuan immediately flapped his roc wings and rushed at one of the monsters. His dragon head bit down, tearing through the stubborn monster. That monster was a spear-toothed fish, which also had sharp teeth, but when it bit Wu Yuan, it found that the turtle-patterned armor on his back was not only flexible but also extremely hard, so it couldn’t penetrate Wu Yuan’s body. Once Wu Yuan tore through the spear-toothed fish’s body, he immediately began sucking in its vital essence with great force, draining it completely in no time.

After appearing, Bai Man first released two turtle dragons and then blood-sucking mosquitoes, assigning these two types of monsters to deal with the five mid-stage Golden Core ocean monsters. After that, Bai Man took out the puppet leopard and watched smilingly as it faced a late-stage Golden Core ocean monster. Both turtle dragons were at the late stage of Golden Core. After devouring the vital essence of the deep-sea fire dragon, they had reached the peak of that stage and were soon to break through to the early Yuan Ying stage. Dealing with those mid-stage Golden Core ocean monsters was a piece of cake for them. They spat out water infused with internal energy, firing water arrows that severely injured the ocean monsters. Then, the two turtle dragons flew over and used their dragon heads and tails to kill the injured monsters.

As for the blood-sucking mosquitoes, after devouring the vital essence of many monsters and human cultivators, there were now over 300 of them, with more than 50 having reached the Golden Core stage. They flew together at the ocean monsters. Amid the monsters’ panicked expressions, the blood-sucking mosquitoes rushed into their bodies and devoured them completely.

The puppet leopard launched an attack the moment it was released. With a “Wind-Scouring Thousand Blades,” it instantly killed a late-stage Golden Core ocean monster.

That marine monster died instantly without uttering a sound, its body transforming into its true form—a long-necked sea dragon. Only one more marine monster remained at the scene: the Electric-Eye Dolphin, which was in the late Golden Core stage. The Electric-Eye Dolphin looked at Qu Yi and the others and immediately pleaded for mercy, saying, “Humans, I’m willing to become your pet monster.” When death approached, it had no time to care about its dignity—it had to save its life first. It had initially tried to resist, but after seeing Qu Yi’s speed, Qing Wu Gui’s eerie true energy, Wu Yuan’s vicious blood-drinking manner, and the stubbornness of the Blood-Sucking Mosquito and Turtle Dragon, it gave up all hope of resistance. It had even thought of taking Bai Man, who was in the early Golden Core stage, as a hostage, but upon seeing the Puppet Leopard beside her, which was at the early Nascent Soul stage, it despaired and asked to become a pet monster instead. “No need!” Qu Yi replied succinctly. As soon as he spoke, Wu Yuan, Turtle Dragon, and Blood-Sucking Mosquito all lunged violently at the Electric-Eye Dolphin. After it emitted a symbolic flash of lightning, it was devoured alive by the three monsters. Qu Yi collected the ten monster cores before turning his attention to the Spirit Medicine Peak. …… “Instrument God, how do we get into the Spirit Medicine Peak?” Qu Yi had tried flying to the peak several times but was blocked by spiritual energy attacks, so he asked. Qing Wu Gui also tried but returned in disappointment. “Qu Yi, the Spirit Medicine Peak is protected by the Nine Yang Spirit Gathering Locking Array. If you try to force your way in without reaching the Outward Journey stage, you won’t be able to enter. But you can find a clever way in,” the Instrument God replied happily. After thinking for a while, Qu Yi remained puzzled and asked, “Instrument God, how do I find a clever way in?” Boom! Qu Yi immediately shrank into a ball, suffering intense pain as his true energy nearly collapsed—turns out the Instrument God had poked his original spirit again. Qing Wu Gui watched indifferently, Wu Yuan shook its dragon head in sympathy, while Bai Man was extremely anxious, cursing the Instrument God in her heart. Everyone already knew what was happening—Qu Yi must have angered the Instrument God again while they were whispering to each other. “Instrument God, I hate you! Rather than let you kill me, I’ll go attack the Spirit Medicine Peak now and let that so-called locking array kill me in retaliation.” As the pain subsided slightly, Qu Yi immediately flew toward the Spirit Medicine Peak. Bai Man quickly pulled him back.

Seeing Qu Yi’s firm determination to die, the Artifact God sighed and explained, “Qu Yi, can’t you think more deeply? The people from the Fire Moon Sect were able to enter the Spirit Medicine Peak because they had identity cards that were connected to the formation. Since you don’t have one, the formation will naturally counterattack you. But you have the Dimension Ball—why not attack the Locking Peak Formation first and then immediately hide inside the Dimension Ball?”

Qu Yi thought quietly but remained confused. He didn’t dare ask further, as doing so might provoke his Yuan Shen again, making him truly want to abandon his cultivation and stop practicing cultivation altogether. He really didn’t want to experience that sensation of having his Yuan Shen stimulated once more.

Seeing that Qu Yi was silent, neither speaking nor asking questions, the Artifact God realized he still didn’t understand what he had said. So, he took the initiative to speak up, “Qu Yi, you don’t need to think anymore. Just do as I said—attack the formation and immediately hide inside the Dimension Ball.”

Qu Yi understood right away. He sent Qing Wu Gui, Bai Man, and Wu Yuan into the Dimension Ball, then led it to the Spirit Medicine Peak.

“Push Cloud Technique!”

Qu Yi shouted softly, and soon a golden aura shot straight toward the Spirit Medicine Peak. The “Jiuyang Gathering Spirit Locking Peak Formation” on the peak immediately sensed this and sent back an even stronger straight-line aura toward Qu Yi. By then, Qu Yi had already entered the Dimension Ball.

Meanwhile, during this time, the Dimension Ball descended toward the “Jiuyang Gathering Spirit Locking Peak Formation.” When it reached a certain position, it floated in the space of the formation. The dense spiritual energy there actually blocked its progress.

Qu Yi immediately came out and used the “Push Cloud Technique” again, then instantly returned to the Dimension Ball.

The spiritual energy, under the attack of the “Push Cloud Technique,” became active, forming countless spiritual blades that cut fiercely—but of course, they couldn’t harm the Dimension Ball at all.

As the spiritual energy became more active, the Dimension Ball sank further. When it reached another position, the spiritual energy blocked it again. So, Qu Yi came out to attack the spiritual energy once more.

Repeating this process, the Dimension Ball eventually fell inside the Spirit Medicine Peak.

“Haha, Artifact God, I get it now. This Jiuyang Gathering Spirit Locking Peak Formation is used to gather spiritual energy to nourish the medicinal herbs internally, and to lock the peak to attack enemies externally. I took advantage of the Dimension Ball’s super defensive power to render the formation’s attacks ineffective. By attacking the gathered spiritual energy, I also ensured that it couldn’t stop the Dimension Ball from descending, allowing me to enter the Spirit Medicine Peak.” Qu Yi stepped out of the Dimension Ball, laughing joyfully.

Soon after, Qing Wu Gui, Bai Man, and Wu Yuan also came out of the Dimension Ball.

On Spirit Medicine Peak, there were all kinds of beautiful medicinal herbs everywhere. The fragrant scent of medicines filled the air, refreshing the heart, as if even the soul was nourished by it.
“Heh, how can we move all these herbs?” Qu Yi sighed.